#2 Cougars Take Out UCSB in Thunderdome
UCSB does not have to wait long to avenge last night’s 3-1 loss to #2 BYU (11-3 overall, 7-2 MPSF). The #4 Gauchos (8-6, 6-5) will host a rematch with the Cougars tonight in the Thunderdome at 7:30 p.m.
Gauchos Escape Fullerton With Victory
Against a Fullerton team determined to get revenge for a 37-point loss earlier this season, UCSB women’s basketball narrowly escaped Titan Gym on Thursday night with its 73-70 victory.
A New Season Begins
After months of preseason training, the UCSB baseball team will make its debut this weekend when visiting La Salle University comes to Caesar Uyesaka stadium for a three-game series. La Salle, hailing Philadelphia, will play its first games of the season this weekend as well.
Skeptics Do Not Require Theological Knowledge to Judge Faith Claims
This week’s question: “Why let atheists talk about theology? That’s like letting English majors criticize quantum mechanics!”
Creative ‘Couples’ Cut Corners
“This is a marriage of convenience, not a wedding,” student matchmaking website whypaytuition. com advertises.
Police Blotter
Feb. 12, 1:41 a.m. — Officers came across a man screaming, “Fuck the free world!” on the corner of Embarcadero del Mar and Seville Road.
Taboo Subject On Hand in ‘Vagina Monologues’
UCSB students will celebrate the global V-Day Movement (‘V’ for Victory, Valentine and Vagina) today and tomorrow with the Women’s Ensemble Theater Troupe’s 13th annual production of “The Vagina Monologues.”
Marijuana Dispensary Gets Smoked
Santa Barbara’s oldest medical marijuana dispensary may close its doors after the Santa Barbara City Planning Committee denied its appeal to continue operations earlier this month.
Student Films Break Tension
UCSB’s Recreational Sports Dept. recently released the first installment of the “Study Break” video series on gauchosplay.com, hoping to offer some comedic relief to a studious student body.
Judicial Review of Healthcare Legislation Provokes Political Posturing
I find that the articles published in the “Left Said, Right Said” column fall far below the standard that should be held in our student newspaper.